Monument record 799/0/3 - Probable modern quarry, Church Stowe

Extensive linear earthworks have been previously interpreted as evidence of possible medieval terracing. Cartographic analysis has shown that they are more likely to be the result of limestone quarrying in the early 20th century.

{1}NCC Aerial Photo: SP6457/6-9;

{2} Earthworks surveyed by Brown but not interpreted.

{4} A desk-based assessment ahead of proposed development found cartographic evidence that the site had been quarried for limestone in the early 20th-century.

<1> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, Used with NMR & CUCAP collections (Photographs). SNN104822.

<2> BROWN A.E., Church Stowe (Plan). SNN105165.

<3> Brown, A E, Key, T R, Orr, C, Woodfield, C T P, 1981, The Stowe Charter - A Revision and Some Implications (Article). SNN104586.

<4> Soden I, 2016, An archaeological desk-based assessment of land adjacent to Bank House, Church Stowe, Northamptonshire (Report). SNN112302.

Record last edited

Jan 27 2021 10:03AM